Trading

SEC

2026-08-24 20:17:44

SEC subpoenas major Wall Street banks over Situational Awareness trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued subpoenas to major Wall Street banks seeking information related to trading by Situational Awareness, an artificial intelligence hedge fund, according to The New York Times. The update was carried by ChainCatcher as a brief news item. The available text does not identify which banks received the subpoenas. It also does not provide details on the time period covered, the specific trades under review, or any response from the institutions involved. Based on the source material, the confirmed fact is limited to the SEC’s request for trading information tied to Situational Awareness. No additional allegations, enforcement claims, or case outcomes were disclosed in the input.

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Machi Big Bro

2026-08-24 15:53:11

Machi Big Brother Adds $12 Million in Longs, Taking Total Position to $179 Million

Machi Big Brother increased his long exposure by about $12 million over the past 10 minutes, taking his combined long positions to roughly $179 million, according to Odaily. The disclosed positions span Bitcoin, Ethereum, HYPE, and PUMP. His Bitcoin long stands at about $87.44 million, with an unrealized profit of around $50,000, an entry price of $79,449.30, and a liquidation price of $72,419.26. His Ethereum long is about $57.40 million, showing an unrealized profit of roughly $2.49 million, with an entry at $2,392.66 and a liquidation level at $2,159.41. Odaily also reported a HYPE long of about $19.39 million, currently showing an unrealized loss of around $80,000, with an entry price of $79.46 and a liquidation price of $46.14. The PUMP long was listed at about $14.69 million, carrying an unrealized loss of about $740,000. The figures indicate that the BTC and ETH positions were in profit at the time of reporting, while the HYPE and PUMP positions were underwater.

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whale

2026-08-22 05:57:35

Whale Jason Leo says past losses made him exit too early after a $100 million gain in the last cycle

BlockBeats reported on August 22 that whale trader Jason Leo, known as “Set 10 Big Goals First,” posted a morning recap of his recent trading. He said he made about $100 million in profit in the previous cycle, but failed to cut losses in time after the market reversed, which led to a large drawdown in those gains. In the current cycle, he said he kept a trend-trading mindset and expected Bitcoin to reach $74,000, treating the volatility in between as part of the move higher. As price approached that target, however, his memory of earlier losses shifted his risk judgment and he chose to exit early. Jason said the real challenge in trading is not beating the market, but escaping the fixed thinking created by past experience. He added: “If experience cannot change with the environment, it is essentially bias; if discipline loses judgment, it is essentially mechanical.”

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Whale

2026-08-21 15:53:53

Whale Says It Still Holds About 70 Million in Profit After Misjudging the Rally’s Strength

ChainCatcher said the whale known as “Set 10 Big Goals First” kept posting updates on X about its latest trading moves and takeaways. The trader said it had considered buying back long positions around 72,500 and placed limit orders between 70,500 and 71,500, but those orders were never filled. It also placed a short order near 76,000, which did get filled. Price then kept climbing above 79,000. In hindsight, the trader said the mistake was not the medium- to long-term direction, but underestimating the strength of the rally and betting on a pullback too early. The whale said its profit is still around 70 million.

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whale

2026-08-21 08:43:33

Whale Holds 20x Leveraged Long on 517,000 SOL With About $6.3 Million in Unrealized Profit

A whale tracked by on-chain watcher Ai Yi is holding a 20x leveraged long position on 517,000 SOL, with the position now valued at roughly $47.09 million. The reported average entry price stands at $79.3222, and the unrealized profit has reached about $6.3 million. On-chain data shows the whale first opened the position on Aug. 10, when it became one of the largest SOL long bets in the market at the time. The address then closed about half of the position on Aug. 19, locking in around $475,000 in profit. Later that night, it added back exposure near $82.16, restoring the portion that had been cut. The whale is still carrying a large leveraged SOL long, according to the monitoring update cited by BlockBeats. Further changes in the position remain in focus as traders watch whether the address continues to add, reduce, or unwind exposure.

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liquidations

2026-08-20 16:05:33

Crypto liquidations hit $1.772 billion in 24 hours, affecting more than 146,000 traders

Crypto markets saw $1.772 billion in liquidations over the past 24 hours, according to data from Coinglass cited by BlockBeats on Aug. 21. Of the total, long positions accounted for $220 million in liquidations, while short positions made up $1.552 billion. The data also showed that 146,990 traders worldwide were liquidated during the same 24-hour period. The figures reflect a sharp round of forced position closures across the market within one day.

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Binance

2026-08-20 10:19:10

Binance launches Agent OS to connect AI apps with trading, wallet and payment rails

Binance has introduced Agent OS, a developer platform and standardized access layer designed to link AI applications with the company’s trading, market data, wallet, payment and on-chain capabilities across both crypto and traditional markets. The release combines several existing components inside the Binance stack, including Binance API, the Binance Wallet Agent Center, the programmable payments tool Binance x402, and Skill Hub, while also adding support for the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Under the setup described by Binance, users can authorize agents through compatible tools such as ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Once authorized, those agents can access market data, view account information and carry out permission-limited trades. Binance said users can assign a separate sub-account to each agent so funds and trading activity stay isolated, and those permissions can be changed or revoked at any time. The company also said agents cannot access non-trading personal information such as email addresses or KYC data. Binance added that it will monitor and manage trading activity initiated through the platform, including resulting orders. At the same time, the sources, analysis and decision-making process used by an agent remain inside the AI application chosen by the user, which Binance said it cannot see.

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Bitcoin

2026-08-20 02:41:45

Trader Killa says Bitcoin breakout could be followed by a short-term pullback

BlockBeats reported on Aug. 20 that well-known trader Killa compared Bitcoin’s current chart structure with its 2022 bottoming pattern and said traders should watch for the possibility of a short-term pullback after the recent strong breakout. According to Killa, Bitcoin may still hold its prior lows rather than decisively breaking below them, which keeps the comparison with the earlier structure in play for now. He said the only way to validate the setup would be for BTC to retrace back into its previous consolidation range and show clear signs of weakness on the 4-hour or 1-day chart. If that weakness does not appear, and if Bitcoin does not return to that range, then the pattern comparison would be invalidated. The report also noted Killa’s earlier market calls. Described as a quantitative trader focused on BTC, he previously called the top of the current bull market in May 2025 and has more than 200,000 followers on X. In mid-April, he opened a short position on Bitcoin at $74,688, then flipped bullish on June 5 during a broad market sell-off.

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